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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Familiar

Tucked in between dashes to the grocery store or the office or the school.

They are there.

Waiting to be seen, to be heard, to be noticed and given attention.

They are there.

Sometimes showing out, but only to give pleasure and delight.

They are there.

And they often come and go without a glance, without recognition, without acknowledgement.

They are the precious gifts that God has given us in our familiar.

They are the beautiful golden leaves on the trees that are intermixed with the reds, oranges, and the greens. They are the clouds that either separate to form pillows that you can name or that come together and present a masterpiece yet to be attained.

They are the sunrises in the morning or the sunsets in the evening. They are the blades of grass that glisten in the morning, full of dew and readiness.

They are the ways that God makes Himself known to us through His amazing creation.

They are in our familiar. We often take them for granted.

But when we focus on God, our familiar becomes fascinating. We recognize the Giver and the gifts.

8 comments:

Hi Kelli - wow, great post. Its so true when you give thanks for the ordinary, they become extraordinary. Thank you for linking up with me today and the twitter follow. I'll be following back shortly and here too. I look forward to your next post. God blessTracy

Courtney, Shelly, Laura, and Daphne...THANK you for stopping by and commenting. God is so good to gift us and remind us that He has great plans for our lives. If we will just focus on Him...that changes everything, especially our perspective!

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